Hunilht'ih. Sid Johanna Sam sets’edinh. Sid Tŝilhqot’in deni nesdlin. UBC ʔesgul tasalh. Associate Professor chu Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar benadast'in. Sid Musqueam nen Vancouver 🇨🇦 ŝidah as. Deni tsin nadint'i 🩵🐦‍⬛https://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mv7pj5c3x22gOn World Suicide Prevention Day, a gathering with integrated youth services reminded me that suicide prevention is also about the conditions surrounding care. We made medicine pouches, shared stories, and slowed down. Caring for youth also means caring for the people who support them. #AcademkcSky11 Sep 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7pj5c3x22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mv4eqykusc2zGot a msg from Global TV at 11:30am, met Angela Jung an hour later & barely had time to prep 😅 Nervous to see how it turned out! Watch Global at 6pm — might catch me talking about a new report: online harms is now the #1 threat facing kids https://childrenfirstcanada.org/campaign/raising-canada/ #AcademicSky09 Sep 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4eqykusc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3msfay5psgc2tPaper published in APA! 📝 Given everything happening in the U.S., I can’t help smiling every time federally banned words like diversity, equity, inclusion, decolonial, and Indigenous make it into my research. Small act of resistance 😌 #AcademicSky The Score: https://www.apadivisions.org/division-5/publications/score/2026/07/digital-research-methods06 Aug 2026 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfay5psgc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mqqcvjysqk27There’s a growing emergence of Indigenous data sovereignty policies in healthcare. It’s fascinating to see the different ways they’re being developed and how communities are engaged throughout the process. The process is just as important as the policy itself. #AcademicSky bit.ly/4w12n8t https://bit.ly/4w12n8t16 Jul 2026 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqcvjysqk27https://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mqaa536pqs27Spending the day at a library workshop learning more about podcasting. Always looking for new ways to share research beyond journal articles 🎙️📚 #AcademicSky https://ubc-library-rc.github.io/intro-audacity/09 Jul 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqaa536pqs27https://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mpeovmklas2sOne of my fav parts of presenting at an international behavioural development conference was hearing afterwards from an educator in Singapore who connected my Online Warriors findings on online hate and coping among racialized youth to supporting youth in schools. Research can travel #AcademicSky28 Jun 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpeovmklas2shttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mpau3w7hrs2bHey BC friends government just launched a Child & Youth Well-Being Action Plan and wants real input from families and frontline folks. If you’ve navigated child & family services, now’s a good time to share what’s working and what needs fixing. Link: https://engage.gov.bc.ca/childyouthwellbeing/ #AcademicSky27 Jun 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpau3w7hrs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3moxn2wdgb22kA competency and outcomes framework shifts the conversation from delivering services to supporting adolescent wellbeing in ways that are responsive, strengths-based, and person-centred. #AcademicSky https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/978924011573623 Jun 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxn2wdgb22khttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mow67evo6k22Quiet day over here: coffee, too many tabs open, and chipping away at research grant writing ☕️📚 #academicsky23 Jun 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mow67evo6k22https://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3moiuwgx22s2kHonoured to be featured in the Health Research BC Impact Report ✨ Grateful to be part of work that centres Indigenous strengths, relationships, and meaningful change in education and wellness research. Sechanalyagh to everyone who walks alongside this work 🩵 #AcademicSky17 Jun 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiuwgx22s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mnvyy7qf222mDay 2 back at work after a staycation. Most of my grad students have checked in, the projects are project-ing, and after 12 hours of back-to-back meetings, my calendar is hanging on by a thread 👩🏽‍💻 #AcademicSky10 Jun 2026 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvyy7qf222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mkycvwm6o22iHeard recently that these are the Tri-council research priority areas #AcademicSky03 May 2026 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkycvwm6o22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mkqmvvbrwk24With all these device ban conversations happening lately, UBC interviewed me. One thing I keep saying: taking phones away won’t fix everything on its own. Our kids need support, good people around them, and adults actually willing to listen. #AcademicSky https://educ.ubc.ca/why-limiting-screen-time-wont-solve-cyberbullying-and-what-actually-helps/30 Apr 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqmvvbrwk24https://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mk7ms2hrgs2zTwo book clubs 📚 One with special ed and school counselling folks on The Anti-Ableist Manifesto (structured, accessible), the other Nenqayni crew reading Becoming Kin (deep, heavy, relational circle). Different pedagogical spaces, shared learning. What are you reading right now? 👀 #AcademicSky24 Apr 2026 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7ms2hrgs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mjwxc6cyxc2mDRIPA (BC) sets legal expectations for provincial decision-making with Indigenous rights through speaking with Nenqayni. The current uncertainty cycle isn’t just political—it directly shapes funding, program planning, and delivery across health, youth, and research systems #academicsky #indigenous [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwxc6cyxc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mjcv2rfubs2oNew paper out in Etuaptmumk 👩🏽‍💻 Reimagining Two-Eyed Seeing in the age of AI—thinking about relational design, storytelling, and culturally safe youth mental health tools. Still processing what this means in practice 👀 #RelationalAI #Indigenous #AcademicSky12 Apr 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcv2rfubs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mimhlujf522oSo much research focuses on trauma—but this scoping review shows how Positive Childhood Experiences rooted in culture, land, and relationships support Indigenous peoples’ holistic wellbeing. We need more of this direction #AcademicSky #Indigenous 🔗 https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Ftra0002157 #IndigenousHealt03 Apr 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimhlujf522ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mimbor6kt22jIndigenous peoples have long upheld practices that support holistic wellbeing 🪶 New work highlights the importance of community-led, strengths-based approaches to measuring cultural factors in health. Reading for Indigenous peoples’ health research #AcademicSky #Indigenous 🔗 rdcu.be/fajpx https://rdcu.be/fajpx03 Apr 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimbor6kt22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mifurfg7ic23How do you hold safe spaces for hard conversations? ✨ Debriefed with a grad student on teaching violence & racism through social justice. Freire reminds us: make room for voices that challenge systems. What works for you? #Pedagogy #SocialJustice #AcademicSky01 Apr 2026 04:40 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifurfg7ic23https://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mi54eyaka22mHealth research funding in Canada is shrinking with ~13.6% success rate today vs 30% in early 2000s 😒 More researchers, less support. Letter to Finance Minister asks for funding boost over 5 yrs. So many good research ideas waiting… exhaustion is real 🫠 #academicsky28 Mar 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi54eyaka22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mi53kn5xrk2mCaught up on giving feedback over 100 assignments 😅 Urban education cohort done, northern one next! Loved connecting with Nenqayni stories & land-based wellness 🌆🪶 Book club on The Anti-Ableist Manifesto sparked honest, heartfelt convos 📚💭 #AcademicSky #InclusiveEd28 Mar 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi53kn5xrk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mi53fy5ntk2mfound this in Quesnel Books & Company… if it hits, it hits 🌿😆 #Indigenous28 Mar 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi53fy5ntk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mi533fv5322mVisited Musqueam before heading north 🪶 After years away, returning to the land and community reminded me that wellbeing, healing, and learning are inseparable from place. Some remembered me from before, even commenting on my hair 😆 Relationships and history live in the land as much as in people.28 Mar 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi533fv5322mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mi522mm2bk2mHappy to share I’m part of the 2026 UDL Fellows Cohort this spring/summer 🌞 Looking forward to learning alongside educators across disciplines and continuing to build courses that support diverse learners and ways of knowing. Grateful for the opportunity 👩🏽‍🏫 #UDL #HigherEd #AcademicSky28 Mar 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi522mm2bk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mi4zy4o3rs2mNorthern BC town wisdom: make art, make love, don’t give up 🩵🐦‍⬛28 Mar 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4zy4o3rs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mh5vyv64ec25This week with Nenqayni teacher candidates at NITEP was powerful 🫶🏽 Mentors shared wisdom on assessment, self-care, trauma-informed teaching, and Indigenous ways of knowing. Language, stories, and connection carried us through 🙏🏽🪶🩵 #AcademicSky #Indigenous16 Mar 2026 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5vyv64ec25https://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mh5uxgxomk25Class moment: got called Detsan Ncah 🐦‍⬛ Sounds a lot like Nenqayni ch’ih! Stay blessed and keep your happy up 🩵 #Indigenous #languagerevitalization16 Mar 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5uxgxomk25https://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mh5t2imobk2sTears, laughter, and reflection today 🫶🏽🧡 We explored decolonizing learning assessment in practice with guidance from a Cariboo NITEP alum. Nenqayni teacher candidates are showing up despite heavy burdens — please keep them in your thoughts 🙏🏽🦅 #IndigenousEducation #NITEP #AcademicSky16 Mar 2026 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5t2imobk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mh5qn5lqlk2sDragon Palace fortune cookie wisdom 🐲💙 Small daily joys, big reminders… work-life balance, am I right? 😏 #FortuneCookie #AcademicSky16 Mar 2026 05:39 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5qn5lqlk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/chilcotindeni.bsky.social/post/3mh5me7ynpc2sFound a couple coins while cleaning 👀✨ Some might call it material culture. On the rez we might say someone’s sending a little luck. Either way, I’m keeping them 🤲🏽 #Indigenous16 Mar 2026 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:6nfpwdbkclfbdqjsrkflsrgt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5me7ynpc2s